Supervising Environmental Health Specialist - Community Services Program

WHAT WE OFFER

The County of Ventura offers an attractive compensation and benefits package.

• New Hire/Retention/Referral Incentive New hires may be eligible for a onetime New Hire incentive up to 10 of the current annual base wage. SEIU 721 MOAArticle 38 (Secs..
• Merit Increases New employees are eligible for an initial 5 merit increase within the pay range upon completion of at least 1040 hours (approximately 6 months) provided performance meets satisfactory standards. Subsequent merit increases within the pay range will be upon completion of each additional 2080 hours (approximately one year) from the initial merit increase.
• Educational Incentive An educational incentive of 2.5 for completion of an associates degree 3.5 for completion of a bachelors degree OR 5 for completion of a graduates degree.
• Bilingual Incentive Incumbents may also be eligible for bilingual Incentive depending upon operational needs and certification skills.
• Flexible Workweek/Telework Schedule We support work life balance by offering compressed work (e.g. 9/80 workweek) and remote hybrid telework schedules for most positions subject to organizational needs and satisfactory performance.
• Sick Leave Fulltime regular employees accrue 3.08 hours of sick leave per pay period with an advance at hire of 40.04 hours which will be balanced at the completion of 13 biweekly pay periods.
• Vacation Accrual New regular fulltime employees shall accrue approximately 14 days of vacation a year for the first 10400 hours or 5 years of service; vacation accruals increase atand 20 years of service topping out at 26 days a year and 400 hours of vacation hours banked.
• Vacation RedemptionAfter 14560 hours of continuous County service (equivalent to seven 7 years) an employee may elect to cash in or redeem up to 80 hours of vacation accrued in the same year after using 80 hours of vacation in the preceding 12 months.
• Deferred Compensation Eligible to participate in the Countys 401(k) Shared Savings Plan and/or the Section 457 Plan. This position is eligible for up to a 3 match on your 401(k) contributions.
• Health Plans Full time regular employees are afforded a flexible credit allowance for purchasing medical dental and/or vision insurance from a group of authorized plans: Tier one for employee only is $509 per pay period tier two for employee plus one is $779 per pay period and tier three for employee plus family is $983 per pay period.
• Flexible Spending Accounts Choice of participation in the Flexible Spending Accounts which increase spending power through reimbursement of pretax dollars for IRS approved dependent care and health care expenses.
• Pension Plan Participation in the Countys defined benefit plan.
• Holidays12 paid days per year which includes a scheduled floating holiday.
• Additional BenefitsTuition Reimbursement Employee Assistance Program Life Insurance Wellness Program.

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Supervises professional and technical Environmental Health staff;
• Interprets and implements state and federal program mandates;
• Prepares and reviews reports for state and federal agencies;
• Responds to inquiries and provides program information;
• Researches analyzes and interprets information and data;
• May make oral presentations to public groups and governmental entities; and
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

These are entrance requirements to the exam process and assure neither continuance in the process nor placement on an eligible list.

EDUCATION TRAINING and EXPERIENCE:

Considerable professional environmental health experience which has led to the acquisition of the required knowledge and abilities. The required knowledge and abilities can typically be obtained by a Bachelors degree in environmental health science or related field and six 6 years of progressively responsible experience in environmental or occupational health.

Substitution:
A masters degree in environmental health science or a related field and/or registration as an Environmental Health Specialist in California may each substitute for one 1 year of experience.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid California driver license.
• Registration as an Environmental Health Specialist in California is required for this position.
• Must be able to work in the Ventura or Simi Valley office.

• Supervisory and/or Environmental Health program lead experience.
• Experience with Environmental Health program development.
• Experience with developing evaluating and updating policies and procedures.
• Ability to interpret and implement complex regulatory requirements and initiate administrative or legal action.
• Experience effectively communicating program goals administrative policies and technical information to staff and the general public.
• Experience with database maintenance and process development.
• Experience participating in external organizations and technical advisory groups or committees.

FINAL FILING DATE:This is a continuous recruitment and may close at any time; therefore apply as soon as possible if you are interested in it. Your application must be received by County of Ventura Human Resources no later than 5:00 p.m. on the closing date.

FIRST REVIEW:A first review of applications is anticipated to occur on or around October 14 2024and subsequent reviews may be conducted until sufficient applications are received to meet business needs through the final filing date.

To apply online please refer to our website at www.ventura/jobs . If you prefer to fill out a paper application form please callfor application materials and submit them to County of Ventura Human Resources 800 South Victoria Avenue L1970 Ventura CA 93009.

NOTE: If presently permanently employed in another merit or civil service public agency/entity in the same or substantively similar position as is advertised and if appointed to that position by successful performance in a merit or civil service style examination then appointment by Lateral Transfer may be possible. If interested please clickherefor additional information.

Note to Applicants: It is essential that you complete all sections of your application and supplemental questionnaire thoroughly and accurately to demonstrate your qualifications. A resume and/or other related documents may be attached to supplement the information in your application and supplemental questionnaire; however it/they may not be submitted in lieu of the application.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE qualifying: All applicants are required to complete and submit the questionnaire for this examination AT THE TIME OF FILING. The supplemental questionnaire may be used throughout the examination process to assist in determining each applicants qualifications and acceptability for the position. Failure to complete and submit the questionnaire may result in removal of the application from further consideration.

APPLICATION EVALUATION qualifying: All applications will be reviewed to determine whether or not the stated requirements are met. Those individuals meeting the stated requirements will be invited to continue to the next step in the screening and selection process.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE EVALUATION
A Training and Experience Evaluation (T&E) is a structured evaluation of the job application materials submitted by a candidate including the written responses to the supplemental questionnaire.The T&E is NOT a determination of whether the candidate meets the stated requirements; rather the T&E is one method for determining who are the better qualified among those who have shown that they meet the stated requirements. In a T&E applications are either scored or rank ordered according to criteria that most closely meet the business needs of the department. Candidates are typically scored/ranked in relation to one another; consequently when the pool of candidates is exceptionally strong many qualified candidates may receive a score or rank which is moderate or even low resulting in them not being advanced in the process.

NOTE: The selection process will likely consist of an oral examination which may be preceded by or replaced with the score from a T&E contingent upon the size and quality of the candidate pool. In a typical T&E your training and experience are evaluated in relation to the background experience and factors identified for successful job performance during a job analysis. For this reason it is recommended that your application materials clearly show your relevant background and specialized knowledge skills and abilities. It is also highly recommended that the supplemental questionnaire within the application is completed with care and diligence.

ORAL EXAMINATION 100: All qualifying applicants or those selected for further examination if there is a high number of qualified applicants will be invited to an oral examination. A panel of three persons will conduct the oral examination to evaluate and compare participating candidates knowledge skills and abilities in relation to those factors determined to be essential for successful performance of the job.

ELIGIBILITY LIST:Candidates who score seventy percent 70 or higher on the oral examination will be placed on an eligible list for one 1 year. If there are three 3 or fewer qualified applicants an oral examination will not be conducted. Instead a score of seventy percent 70 will be assigned to each applicant and each applicant will be placed on the eligible list.The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill current and future Regular (including Temporary and FixedTerm) Intermittent and Extra Help vacancies for this and similar positions within the Resource Management Agency. There is currently one 1 Regular vacancy within the Environmental Health Division Community Services Program.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: A thorough preemployment post offer background investigation which may include inquiry into past employment education criminal background information and driving record may be required for this position.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The County of Ventura is an equal opportunity employer to all regardless of age ancestry color disability (mental and physical) exercising the right to family care and medical leave gender gender expression gender identity genetic information marital status medical condition military or veteran status national origin political affiliation race religious creed sex (includes pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding and related medical conditions) and sexual orientation.

For further information about this recruitment please contact Daisy Silva by email at or telephone at.